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VOLUME VII NUMBER 42
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE KIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1912
SUP.: $1.50 Pine River and Vicinity, $2.00 Elsewhere
Out of the . .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT BERGSTROM
Memories of the Model "'T"
I wunt to i>ay tribute to an automobile that most of us well remember.
* « • »
The great days have ended and tlie
end is insigjht The last Model "T"
Ford was .built in 1927, but to the few
million people who grew up with it,
the old Ford was practically the miracle which God had wrought.
* * * a
And it was obviously the sort of
thing ti.at could only happen once.
* * * *
Mechanically, uncanny, it was like
Jtwthing that had ever come into the
world before. As a vehicle, it was
hard working, common place and heroic, and it often seemed to transmit
•those qualities to the persons w!h»
•ode In it.
* * • *
The Model "T" was distinguished
from all other makes of cars by the
fact that its transmission was of a
type known as planetary—wnich was
half 'metaphysics, half sheer friction
and with a touch of devilment thrown
in for good measure. Because of the
peculiar nature of this planetary element, there was always, in the Modal
*'T" a certain tacit understanding between the engine and the rear wiheels,
so that even when the gar was in a
state known as neutral, it trembled
like an earthquake and tended to inch
forwards.
* * * *
Its most remarkable quality was its
rate of acceleration, and in Its palmy
days the Model "T" could tnke off
faster than anything on the road. Tie
reason was simple. To get under way.
•pimply hooked the third finger of the
right hand around a lever on the
steering column, pulled down hard
and shoved your left foot forcibly
against the low pedal. The car responded by lunging forward with a
roar. After a few seconds of this
ghastly turmoil, you took your toe off
the pedal, and the car, possessed of
only two speeds, catapulted directly
ipto high with a series of terrific
Shorts and jerks and was oif on .its
1 glorious errand. The abruptness of
its departure was never equalled in
other cars of tlie period.
» * * »
. The driver of the old Model "T" was
a man enthroned. The car, with top
up, stood seven feet high, and the driv
/er sat on top of the gas tank. When
he wanted gasoline, !he alighted along
■with everything else in the front seat;
the seat was pulled off, the metal cap
unscrewed, and a wooden stick thrust
J down to sound out the depth of the
liquid in the well.
«l » » « «
Then there was this about the Model "T"; the purchaser never regarded
Ms purchase as a complete finished
product. First you bought a ruby sa-
le.ty light for the rear, so that your
posterior would glow in another car's
brilliance. Then you invested thirty-
nine cents in some radiator wings—a
popular ornament which gave that
Vegasug touch to the machine, and did
something God-like to the owner. For
nine-cents you could buy a fanbelt
guide to keep the belt from slipping
off the pulley.
* • • •
You bought a radiator compound to
stop leaks. This, of course, was' as
much a part of everybody's equipment
as aspirin tablets are of a medicine
cabinet, and then you bought a steering column brace to keep that necessary item from .hobbling up and down
in the front seat.
* • • •
i After the car was about a year old,
steps were taken to check tlie alarm
ing disintegration. A set of anti-
rattlers for 98c, was a popular panacea. You hooked them onto the gas
*and spark rods, to the brake and pull
rod and the steering connections.
Hood silencers of black rubber were
applied to the fluttering, hood. Shock
absorbers and snubbers gave complete
relaxation.
• • • •
Persons of suspicious or pugnacious
state of mind, bought a rear-vision
mirror; but most Model "T" owners
weren't worried about what was coming from behind, because they would
soon enough! see it out in front.
* • * •
Tires were 30x3^4, cost twelve dollars and punctured readily. Everybody carried a patching set, with a
nutmeg grater to roughen the tube before the goo was spread on. Everybody
was capable of putting on a patch, expected to have to, and DID have to.
* » • ».
During my association with Model
f. T's, splf-starters were not a prevelent
essory. They were expensive and
■under suspicion. Your car came
equipped with a serviceable crank.
sod the fflrst thing you learned was
how to let result.*. It was a special
20,000 MOTORISTS NOW DRIVING
WITH ILLEGAL LICENSES
The Drivers License Bureau of the
state highway department estimates
at least 20,000 Minnesota motorists, w. o have changed their addresses during the past few months, are
driving with illegal driver's license-
and therefore subject to arrest,
A large number have been detected
since the opening of the drivers license check up campaign early in May.
hut many motor*sts in nearly every
community have either forgotten to
get new licenses after the May 1 moving day period, or li ave been unaware
of the fact that they are required to
so.
Hughes Files For 540 Jobs Are
Congress; Support Open With U. S.
Gaining Fast 'Signal Corps
METHODIST CHURCH WILL BE
REPRESENTED AT CONFERENCE
Plans For Day
Train Service
Discussed Monday
On Monday evening, A. O. Thompson, Arvid Lundin and J. W. Pattinson of Pine River, together with a
delegation, from Pequot Lakes, Jenkins and lYV'alker, met at Backus at a
special committee meeting to discuss
the possibilities of securing day train
passenger service on this line.
The original proposal was to operate
a day train with service from Brainerd to Bemidji. However, the time
alloted for this run was insufficient,
and a suggestion was niade calling
for service from Brainerd to Walker.
Mr. Brooks of the Northern Pacific
Passenger Department was present
and tlie matter was taken under ad-
vi cement.
The request is being made to facilitate transportation for vacationers into this area because of tie current
rubber shortage and possibility of
gasoline rationing.
William Swenson,
Melba Carlson
Married Thursday
At a quiet ceremony performed at
the Brainerd Lutheran Church by
Rev. F. C. Rathert Thursday of last
w eek, Miss Melba Carlson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. Carlson of Dunseith,
N. Dak., became the bride of William
Swenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy
Swenson of Pine River. John Gear-
heart of Pine River and Mrs. Rathert
attended the couple.
Mrs. Swenson will continue her
work at the Ah-Gwah-Ohing Sanatorium while Mr. Swenson will leave
June 13 for Ft. Snelling to be inducted
into the army.
trick, and, until you mastered it, you
might just as well have been winding
up an awining. The trick was to leave
the ignition switch off, proceed to the
animal's head, pull the choke—a little
wire protruding through the left lower corner of the radiator, and give the
crank two or three nonchalant upward
lifts. Then, whistling loudly, as if
thinking of something else, you would
saunter back to the driver's seat, turn
the ignition on, return to the crank,
and suddenly, catching it on the down
stroke, give it a *piick spin and plenty
of UMPH. If this procedure was
followed the engine almost always
responded, first with a few scattered
explosions, and then with a tumultous
gunfire, which you checked by racing
around to the driver's seat and retarding the throttle. Usually the car advanced, on you the instant the first
ear-splitting explosion occurred, and
you would hold it back by leaning
your weight against it. I can still feel
imy old Ford nuzzling me at the curb
as though looking for an apple in my
pocket.
The lore and legend that governed
the Ford was boundless, for there
wasn't much to base knowledge upon.
In fact, there were almost as many
schools of thought as there were ignition timers. Some people: when
things went wrong, just clenched their
teeth and gave the timer a smart
crack with a wrench. Other people
just opened it up and blew on it. I
remember once spitting on the timer;
not in anger, mind you, but in a spirit
of research. You see, the ilodel "T"
driver moved in the realm of meaphys-
ics. He believed his car could be hexed.
• * » «
Springtime in the hey-day of the old
ilodel "T" was a dellrlous season.
The days were golden and the nights
were dim and strange. I still remember pulling up to signposts and racing
the engine so that the lights would lie
bright enough to read directions by.
I have never been really planetary
since. Well, I suppose it's time to say-
goodbye to the Model "T". There are
not many left
"So—Farewell, My Lovely."
With unprecedented support indicated from all counties of the Sixt'i
i ongressional District, Fred J.IIughes
St. Cloud Attorney, formally filed for
congress today.
His filing in opposition to Congressman Harold Knutson on the Republican Ticket was one of tlie first on record for state and congressional unices at the office of Secretary-of State
Mike Holm.
At the same time, Hughes said that
since his announcement six weeks
ago that he would enter if e Congre_s-
ional race, he has received an enthusiastic response from the people of
the district, including a large number
of GrOOP leaders and county chairmen.
While the membership of 'Lis volunteer .committee is not complete, he
announced today that the chairman
of his committee will be Clark Pennington of Pine City, Itepublican
chairman of.Pine County.
'Stearns County GOP chairman, H.
M. Gans of St. Cloud, will act as secretary; while Private George Gus-
tafson of Co. D. 80t)h Inf., Camp Roberts, Calif., will be vice chairman.
Austin F. Koslosky, tittle Falls, will
be committee -treasurer • and Mrs.
Beryl Sederberg of Elk River will be
chairwoman. Mre. Sederberg is a
Past District Chairwoman and a Past
state chairwoman of the Young Republican .League.
It is expected that in the near future a number of other prominent peo
pie in the district will be named as
members of tlie volunteer committee.
Headquarters for the Hug>hes for
Congress Volunteer Committee have
been established in tihe American National Bank Bldg., St. Cloud;
"I will welcome suggestions from
the people of the district as to the
conduct of my campaign, "Hughes
said today. "It shall be my endeavor
leaning the 'three montj'.s preceding
the primary election September 8, to
see as many people as possible, so
that we may exchange our views. The
problems of the hour call for honest
and frank discussion if the sacrifices
of today are to be forged into a better
world of tomorrow7. Petty politics and
rabid partisanship must give way to
(the intellectual .honesty and moral
courage essential to the preservation,'
of the Republic. I belive that the voters of the Sixth District are not satisfied with the negative type of congressional representation they have
ihad In tfce past. This has been indicated by the hundreds of letters that
have flooded my office since tlie announcement of my candidacy 6 weeks
ago, and the many verbal indications
of support that have foeeni accorded
me. I shall make it a point to' bring
the issues of this critical campaign
squarely into the open, and I now reiterate my challenge to debate these
issues with Mr. Knutson."
NO TELLING WHAT WILL FLY
IN YOUR HOUSE AT NIGHT
Columbia Heights.—When the Elmer Turners returned to their home
one evening recently, they found a
most unusual guest occupying one of
their bedrooms^ The guest, a beautiful pheasant, had been carried right
through the bedroom window by a 50-
mile gale. The bird was released after making sure he was uninjured.
May Traffic Deaths
Drop 40 Percent
For the first month since America's
entrance into World War II, the Minnesota Editor's Save 100 Lives Campaign last month exceeded Itg goal of
saving lives by reduction of traffic accidents.
Thirty-two persons were killed in
May traffic tn the state, as compared
wifih 53 fatalities in May 1941, and a
"budget of allowable i deaths" of 45,
set by the/Editorial Association's accident prevention committee of which
John E. Casey of Jordan ds chairman.
The reported May traffic toll, encouraging as it was to Minnesota safety leaders, was based on an unofficial and preliminary count, with the realization that several deaths may yet
occur as a result of injuries suffered
during the month.
Although May fatalities were 21 below the previous May, and 13 under
the budget, they brought to 371 the
total number of traffic deaths reported
to the state highway department since
itthe opening of the second year of the
traffic safety drive on October 1, 1941.
.Street and highway fatalities for
the past eight months exceed those
for the corresponding eight months
of 1940-'41 by exactly the number of
deaths recorded in May, 32. Tihe toll
for the earlier period was 339, as compared with 371 during the past eight
months, and a budget goal of 283.
All federal employment offices in
Minnesota today were notified to assist in the recruiting of 540 persons
fpr training classes to be conducted
tor the U. S. Signal Corps. Two
schools are to be opened abaut June
27. One requiring 180 trainees, will
start in Minneapolis,, and the other
■with an enrollment of 90 will open in
Mankato. Appointees will be paid
while being trained. Other classes
will be started as the need arises.
The Corps seeks persons to fill two
types of positions. One is for mechanic learners, signal corps equipment, at $1,02U a year, for v.tiich no
previous experience is required. The
other branch is for trainee r-pairmen
at $1,440 a year, for wihich applicants
must have (had some experience in the
mechanics of radio.
Persons with 1-A draft classification are eligible and will be placed in
the enlisted reserve of the signal
corps. Such appointees will retain a
civilian status, with civilian pay, until the completion of the course. Persons with any other selective service
status will remain civilians even wihen
regularly employed after training.
Age limits for both positions are 16 to
50.
Full information regarding these
opportunities may be obtained at the
local office of theUnited States Employment Service in Brainerd, located
at the N. P. Depot, directed by Fred
Ferguson. Mailed inquiries should be
addressed to the manager, Eighth U.
S. Civil Service District, 925 Postoffice
St. Paul.
BIBLE SCHOOL PROGRAM AT
GOSPEL TABERNACLE SUNDAY
The public is cordially invited to
come and see the accomplishments of
the children in the Bible school as demonstrated in the following program
to be given Sunday evening, June 14,
at 7:45 p. m:
March Entire School
Hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus'
Name" Congregation
Prayer
Worship Period School
Airplane Drill .... Primary and Beginner Departments
Choi-uses .. Junior and Intermediate
Departments
Bible Verses .... Junior Department
Choruses Primary and Beginner
Departments
Kernels of Spiritual Truth Intermediate Department
Choruses .. Junior and Intermediate
Departments
Bible Quiz ...... Junior Department
Books of the Bible .. Song by Junior
and Intermediate Departments
Memory Verses .. Intermediate Dept.
Awarding of Honors
Inspection of Handwork
Gertrude Ellis, Fred
Weiss Married In l
Brainerd Saturday
On Saturday, June 6, Miss Gertrude
Ellis, daughter of Mrs. Lottie Allen of
Pine River, was united in marriage to
Mr. Fred Weiss, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lambert Weiss, also of Pine River.
The ceremony took place at Zlon
Evangelical Church, Brainerd, at two
oclock Saturday afternoon, with Rev.
L'tzinger officiating. The bride was
given In marriage by her brother,
Ralph Ellis.
A full-skirted, floor-length gown of
white net over light blue satin was
worn by the bride, with a waist-
length, light blue veil and blue and
white accessories. She carried a bouquet of red roses, sweet peas and daisies.
iShe was attended by Miss Leona
Hopke, who wore a floor-length gown
of pink dotted Swiss with white accessories. She carried a bouquet of
talisman roses.
The groom was attended by his
brother, Herman Weiss.
Preceding the ceremony, Miss Gladys Hele, niece of the bride, sang
"Oh, Promise Me," and "I Love You
Truly," accompanied by Mrs. Robert
Hele, sister of the bride, who also play
ed the wedding march.
Immediately following the ceremony
a reception was held at Hele home in
Brainerd.
The bride is a graduate of the Pine
River high school and teachers training department.
The young couple will be at home
on the groom's farm near Pine River,
following a short motor trip.
Both young people are well and
favorably known in this community
and their many friends join in wishing them a long and happy wedded
life.
Clarence Lesher, Lay-leader of tlie
First Methodist churdn has been selected as Lay-delegate to the Northern Minnesota Conference June 10 to
14, at Hamlin University, St. Paul.
I Churches of the Northern Minnesota conference are holding joint sessions. Bishop Paul Kern, Nashville,
Temx, Bishop E. H. Hughes, Washington, D. C, together with Bishops
i'ushnian and Martin of the two Minnesota conferences, will be among oth
er outstanding leaders at this conference. Mr. Lesher will accompany
Kev. and Mrs. Fish to St. Paul.
Local Items
Susan lesher who haa been employer! at the Thrifty Store, left Sunday
for Detroit, Mich., where she is visiting her sister Laura. Mrs. Davis is
now working at the Thrifty store.
Mr. and Mrs. George Durkee drove
to Minneapolis Tuesday, where Mr.
Durkee attended to business matters.
Mrs. Durkee attended a Presbyterian
Synodical meeting and is visiting with
her daughters. She will return to
IPine River this week-end.
Tragic end of England's strange sea
lion hoy. While London police hunted,
for him everywhere, he lived in the
■animal den in the zoo, sharing his
food like one of tlie family, till the
night they turned on him. Read this
poignant, real-life drama in The American Weekly, the magazine distributed with next week's Sunday Chicago Herald-American. (adv.)
Free Clinic For
Crippled Children
At Grand Rapids
Crippled boys and girls of Cass
county will have the opportunity to
receive medical and vocational advice
and help at an orthopedic Clinic to be
held iSaturday, June 20, at the high
school building in Grand Rapids. Registration hours will be from S a. m.,
to 2 p. m.
. The clinic is one of a series of nine
teing held this spring as part of the
regular program of the Minnesota
Burea for Crippled Children to help
handicapped youngsters under 21 years
of age whose parents cannot provide
necessary othopedic treatment for the
child's disability. Mrs. Chas. A. K.
Secklnger is general chairman and
Mrs. G. M. Erskine, co-chairman of
the local advisory committee, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. In charge of arrangements is
Miss Mary Gadacz, district field
nurse for the Bureau for Crippled
children.
Children should register for the
clinic between 8 a. m. and 2 p. m., on
Saturday. If they have attended none
of the previous clinics, they are asked to bring with them a letter from
their family physician.
Patients who have recently reported
to Gillette, University, or Shriner's
hospitals are requested not to come
to this clinic unless especially notified. Those who are over-due for examinations at Gillette State Hospital,
and have been unable to return, may
come to .the clinic for a check-up.
NEWS FROM YOUR COUNTY
AGENT, FRED GIESLER
Very few gardeners have trouble
recognizing a potato beetle but their
method of doing away with them ranges from the pick and drop into a tin
can of kerosene method, to a combination of sprays used in larger fields.
Extension folder No. 86 has good
news for the potato gardener and bad'
news for the potato bug. It is a combination of spray which is poison to
the several different types of insects
that gather in the potato patch. Here
it is:
50 gallons of Bordeaux mixture
1% pounds calcium arsenate or 1%
pounds of arsenate of lead.
Apply with as much pressure as
possible. This will positively slay the
bugs. If there are many leaf hoppers
■and potato aphids add one-half pint of
nicotine sulphate to 50 gallons of potato spray. Never use nicotine sulphate with arsenate of lead.
Give It to them now and continue
spraying at ten-day intervals.
Prolonged rainy weather during the
haying season will undoubtedly again
result in a great many questions regarding grass silage.
Molasses which has by far the most
general use is pretty definitely out
of tlie picture this year and probably
for the duration. Phosphoric acid has
advanced only about 25 percent in
price but the supply is uncertain.
Because of this situation there has
been much interest in other methods
of preservation. Perhaps the one best
suited to Cass county would be the
use of ground corn meal. This can be
used at the rate of 150 to 200 pounds
of corn and cob meal to the ton*
Fifth Registration
To Be Held In
Cass June 30
Arrangements are being made for
the Fifth Registration to be held on
Tuesday, June 30, between the hours
of 7 a. m., and 9 p. m.
The plan wliich was followed in accomplishing the third and fourth registrations will be followed in the
fiftfc, with the exception that registration places will be officially opea
between tlie hours of 7 a. m., and !>
p. m., only.
A 11 st of the registration places and
chief registrars will be ready for publication next week.
TWO DRAFTEES DELINQUENT
The whereabouts of the two following registrants is not known by tihe
draft board: John Arthur Jerome,
Caaa Lake; Glen R. Davis, Republic,
Mo. Anyone having information concerning these two men should relay to
the draft board at once.
CHILDRENS DAY PROGRAM AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
The following Childrens Day program will be given at the morning ser
vice of the .Methodist Church Sunday,
June 14:
Hymn "'Holy, Holy, Holy"
Prayer S. S. 'Supt Mrs. Amy
Welcome Frank Ast
Bible Verses Beginners
"I Love the Bible" Dorothy, June,
Phyllis, Dolores
Bible Salute All
Song "Holy Bible, Book Divine".. .All
Flannel-graph Demonstration "Creation" Ronnie
Creation Rhymes Primary
God's Five Gifts
Song "Father, We Thank Thee for the
Night" ' Group
Announcements and Offering
Pantomine "The Old Rugged Cross"
Dorothy, June, Dolores, Barbara,
Phyllis and Katherine; Solo by
Carol
Poem "The Shrine," Phyllis Lumsden
Song "Come to the iSaviour" .. Intermediate Boys
Pageant "The Red Candle" .. Juniors
Song "Bring Them In" All
Closing Prayer "Lord's Prayer"
A GOOD RETRIEVER
Belle Plalne.—A hunting dog that
is an excellent retriever is the pride
and joy of Ed. Lynch. Recently, 'however, the. .dog has expanded his retrieving activities not only to bringing supplies for the larder but kitchen utensils as well. Last week he presented
his master with an aluminum waterless cooker.
F-L Association To
Elect Officers Friday
The Farmer-Labor Association of
Cass County will meet in Remer Friday evening, June 12, to elect officers
for the coming year.
All voting members in the county
are asked to be present at this meeting
Friday evening (tonight).
uutyau&sufWUk
WAR BONDS
• •
The 75-millimeter gun is a divisional weapon used by the Artillery
as an anti-tank gun. It has been
replaced to some extent by the more
modern "105", known as the heaviest of divisional weapons. The 75-
mm gun costs $12,000 and has been
converted by our Ordnance into a
"blaster" twice as efficient as in the
first World War.
This gun gets maximum power for
minimum weight and cost, and the
American people are providing the
finance through the purchase of War
Bonds. If you do your share and invest 10 per cent of your income in
War Bonds, adequate supply of this
efficient gun can be assured our
fighting forces. Buy War Bonds every.
pay day. U. S. Treasury Deportment

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VOLUME VII NUMBER 42
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE KIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1912
SUP.: $1.50 Pine River and Vicinity, $2.00 Elsewhere
Out of the . .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT BERGSTROM
Memories of the Model "'T"
I wunt to i>ay tribute to an automobile that most of us well remember.
* « • »
The great days have ended and tlie
end is insigjht The last Model "T"
Ford was .built in 1927, but to the few
million people who grew up with it,
the old Ford was practically the miracle which God had wrought.
* * * a
And it was obviously the sort of
thing ti.at could only happen once.
* * * *
Mechanically, uncanny, it was like
Jtwthing that had ever come into the
world before. As a vehicle, it was
hard working, common place and heroic, and it often seemed to transmit
•those qualities to the persons w!h»
•ode In it.
* * • *
The Model "T" was distinguished
from all other makes of cars by the
fact that its transmission was of a
type known as planetary—wnich was
half 'metaphysics, half sheer friction
and with a touch of devilment thrown
in for good measure. Because of the
peculiar nature of this planetary element, there was always, in the Modal
*'T" a certain tacit understanding between the engine and the rear wiheels,
so that even when the gar was in a
state known as neutral, it trembled
like an earthquake and tended to inch
forwards.
* * * *
Its most remarkable quality was its
rate of acceleration, and in Its palmy
days the Model "T" could tnke off
faster than anything on the road. Tie
reason was simple. To get under way.
•pimply hooked the third finger of the
right hand around a lever on the
steering column, pulled down hard
and shoved your left foot forcibly
against the low pedal. The car responded by lunging forward with a
roar. After a few seconds of this
ghastly turmoil, you took your toe off
the pedal, and the car, possessed of
only two speeds, catapulted directly
ipto high with a series of terrific
Shorts and jerks and was oif on .its
1 glorious errand. The abruptness of
its departure was never equalled in
other cars of tlie period.
» * * »
. The driver of the old Model "T" was
a man enthroned. The car, with top
up, stood seven feet high, and the driv
/er sat on top of the gas tank. When
he wanted gasoline, !he alighted along
■with everything else in the front seat;
the seat was pulled off, the metal cap
unscrewed, and a wooden stick thrust
J down to sound out the depth of the
liquid in the well.
«l » » « «
Then there was this about the Model "T"; the purchaser never regarded
Ms purchase as a complete finished
product. First you bought a ruby sa-
le.ty light for the rear, so that your
posterior would glow in another car's
brilliance. Then you invested thirty-
nine cents in some radiator wings—a
popular ornament which gave that
Vegasug touch to the machine, and did
something God-like to the owner. For
nine-cents you could buy a fanbelt
guide to keep the belt from slipping
off the pulley.
* • • •
You bought a radiator compound to
stop leaks. This, of course, was' as
much a part of everybody's equipment
as aspirin tablets are of a medicine
cabinet, and then you bought a steering column brace to keep that necessary item from .hobbling up and down
in the front seat.
* • • •
i After the car was about a year old,
steps were taken to check tlie alarm
ing disintegration. A set of anti-
rattlers for 98c, was a popular panacea. You hooked them onto the gas
*and spark rods, to the brake and pull
rod and the steering connections.
Hood silencers of black rubber were
applied to the fluttering, hood. Shock
absorbers and snubbers gave complete
relaxation.
• • • •
Persons of suspicious or pugnacious
state of mind, bought a rear-vision
mirror; but most Model "T" owners
weren't worried about what was coming from behind, because they would
soon enough! see it out in front.
* • * •
Tires were 30x3^4, cost twelve dollars and punctured readily. Everybody carried a patching set, with a
nutmeg grater to roughen the tube before the goo was spread on. Everybody
was capable of putting on a patch, expected to have to, and DID have to.
* » • ».
During my association with Model
f. T's, splf-starters were not a prevelent
essory. They were expensive and
■under suspicion. Your car came
equipped with a serviceable crank.
sod the fflrst thing you learned was
how to let result.*. It was a special
20,000 MOTORISTS NOW DRIVING
WITH ILLEGAL LICENSES
The Drivers License Bureau of the
state highway department estimates
at least 20,000 Minnesota motorists, w. o have changed their addresses during the past few months, are
driving with illegal driver's license-
and therefore subject to arrest,
A large number have been detected
since the opening of the drivers license check up campaign early in May.
hut many motor*sts in nearly every
community have either forgotten to
get new licenses after the May 1 moving day period, or li ave been unaware
of the fact that they are required to
so.
Hughes Files For 540 Jobs Are
Congress; Support Open With U. S.
Gaining Fast 'Signal Corps
METHODIST CHURCH WILL BE
REPRESENTED AT CONFERENCE
Plans For Day
Train Service
Discussed Monday
On Monday evening, A. O. Thompson, Arvid Lundin and J. W. Pattinson of Pine River, together with a
delegation, from Pequot Lakes, Jenkins and lYV'alker, met at Backus at a
special committee meeting to discuss
the possibilities of securing day train
passenger service on this line.
The original proposal was to operate
a day train with service from Brainerd to Bemidji. However, the time
alloted for this run was insufficient,
and a suggestion was niade calling
for service from Brainerd to Walker.
Mr. Brooks of the Northern Pacific
Passenger Department was present
and tlie matter was taken under ad-
vi cement.
The request is being made to facilitate transportation for vacationers into this area because of tie current
rubber shortage and possibility of
gasoline rationing.
William Swenson,
Melba Carlson
Married Thursday
At a quiet ceremony performed at
the Brainerd Lutheran Church by
Rev. F. C. Rathert Thursday of last
w eek, Miss Melba Carlson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. Carlson of Dunseith,
N. Dak., became the bride of William
Swenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy
Swenson of Pine River. John Gear-
heart of Pine River and Mrs. Rathert
attended the couple.
Mrs. Swenson will continue her
work at the Ah-Gwah-Ohing Sanatorium while Mr. Swenson will leave
June 13 for Ft. Snelling to be inducted
into the army.
trick, and, until you mastered it, you
might just as well have been winding
up an awining. The trick was to leave
the ignition switch off, proceed to the
animal's head, pull the choke—a little
wire protruding through the left lower corner of the radiator, and give the
crank two or three nonchalant upward
lifts. Then, whistling loudly, as if
thinking of something else, you would
saunter back to the driver's seat, turn
the ignition on, return to the crank,
and suddenly, catching it on the down
stroke, give it a *piick spin and plenty
of UMPH. If this procedure was
followed the engine almost always
responded, first with a few scattered
explosions, and then with a tumultous
gunfire, which you checked by racing
around to the driver's seat and retarding the throttle. Usually the car advanced, on you the instant the first
ear-splitting explosion occurred, and
you would hold it back by leaning
your weight against it. I can still feel
imy old Ford nuzzling me at the curb
as though looking for an apple in my
pocket.
The lore and legend that governed
the Ford was boundless, for there
wasn't much to base knowledge upon.
In fact, there were almost as many
schools of thought as there were ignition timers. Some people: when
things went wrong, just clenched their
teeth and gave the timer a smart
crack with a wrench. Other people
just opened it up and blew on it. I
remember once spitting on the timer;
not in anger, mind you, but in a spirit
of research. You see, the ilodel "T"
driver moved in the realm of meaphys-
ics. He believed his car could be hexed.
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Springtime in the hey-day of the old
ilodel "T" was a dellrlous season.
The days were golden and the nights
were dim and strange. I still remember pulling up to signposts and racing
the engine so that the lights would lie
bright enough to read directions by.
I have never been really planetary
since. Well, I suppose it's time to say-
goodbye to the Model "T". There are
not many left
"So—Farewell, My Lovely."
With unprecedented support indicated from all counties of the Sixt'i
i ongressional District, Fred J.IIughes
St. Cloud Attorney, formally filed for
congress today.
His filing in opposition to Congressman Harold Knutson on the Republican Ticket was one of tlie first on record for state and congressional unices at the office of Secretary-of State
Mike Holm.
At the same time, Hughes said that
since his announcement six weeks
ago that he would enter if e Congre_s-
ional race, he has received an enthusiastic response from the people of
the district, including a large number
of GrOOP leaders and county chairmen.
While the membership of 'Lis volunteer .committee is not complete, he
announced today that the chairman
of his committee will be Clark Pennington of Pine City, Itepublican
chairman of.Pine County.
'Stearns County GOP chairman, H.
M. Gans of St. Cloud, will act as secretary; while Private George Gus-
tafson of Co. D. 80t)h Inf., Camp Roberts, Calif., will be vice chairman.
Austin F. Koslosky, tittle Falls, will
be committee -treasurer • and Mrs.
Beryl Sederberg of Elk River will be
chairwoman. Mre. Sederberg is a
Past District Chairwoman and a Past
state chairwoman of the Young Republican .League.
It is expected that in the near future a number of other prominent peo
pie in the district will be named as
members of tlie volunteer committee.
Headquarters for the Hug>hes for
Congress Volunteer Committee have
been established in tihe American National Bank Bldg., St. Cloud;
"I will welcome suggestions from
the people of the district as to the
conduct of my campaign, "Hughes
said today. "It shall be my endeavor
leaning the 'three montj'.s preceding
the primary election September 8, to
see as many people as possible, so
that we may exchange our views. The
problems of the hour call for honest
and frank discussion if the sacrifices
of today are to be forged into a better
world of tomorrow7. Petty politics and
rabid partisanship must give way to
(the intellectual .honesty and moral
courage essential to the preservation,'
of the Republic. I belive that the voters of the Sixth District are not satisfied with the negative type of congressional representation they have
ihad In tfce past. This has been indicated by the hundreds of letters that
have flooded my office since tlie announcement of my candidacy 6 weeks
ago, and the many verbal indications
of support that have foeeni accorded
me. I shall make it a point to' bring
the issues of this critical campaign
squarely into the open, and I now reiterate my challenge to debate these
issues with Mr. Knutson."
NO TELLING WHAT WILL FLY
IN YOUR HOUSE AT NIGHT
Columbia Heights.—When the Elmer Turners returned to their home
one evening recently, they found a
most unusual guest occupying one of
their bedrooms^ The guest, a beautiful pheasant, had been carried right
through the bedroom window by a 50-
mile gale. The bird was released after making sure he was uninjured.
May Traffic Deaths
Drop 40 Percent
For the first month since America's
entrance into World War II, the Minnesota Editor's Save 100 Lives Campaign last month exceeded Itg goal of
saving lives by reduction of traffic accidents.
Thirty-two persons were killed in
May traffic tn the state, as compared
wifih 53 fatalities in May 1941, and a
"budget of allowable i deaths" of 45,
set by the/Editorial Association's accident prevention committee of which
John E. Casey of Jordan ds chairman.
The reported May traffic toll, encouraging as it was to Minnesota safety leaders, was based on an unofficial and preliminary count, with the realization that several deaths may yet
occur as a result of injuries suffered
during the month.
Although May fatalities were 21 below the previous May, and 13 under
the budget, they brought to 371 the
total number of traffic deaths reported
to the state highway department since
itthe opening of the second year of the
traffic safety drive on October 1, 1941.
.Street and highway fatalities for
the past eight months exceed those
for the corresponding eight months
of 1940-'41 by exactly the number of
deaths recorded in May, 32. Tihe toll
for the earlier period was 339, as compared with 371 during the past eight
months, and a budget goal of 283.
All federal employment offices in
Minnesota today were notified to assist in the recruiting of 540 persons
fpr training classes to be conducted
tor the U. S. Signal Corps. Two
schools are to be opened abaut June
27. One requiring 180 trainees, will
start in Minneapolis,, and the other
■with an enrollment of 90 will open in
Mankato. Appointees will be paid
while being trained. Other classes
will be started as the need arises.
The Corps seeks persons to fill two
types of positions. One is for mechanic learners, signal corps equipment, at $1,02U a year, for v.tiich no
previous experience is required. The
other branch is for trainee r-pairmen
at $1,440 a year, for wihich applicants
must have (had some experience in the
mechanics of radio.
Persons with 1-A draft classification are eligible and will be placed in
the enlisted reserve of the signal
corps. Such appointees will retain a
civilian status, with civilian pay, until the completion of the course. Persons with any other selective service
status will remain civilians even wihen
regularly employed after training.
Age limits for both positions are 16 to
50.
Full information regarding these
opportunities may be obtained at the
local office of theUnited States Employment Service in Brainerd, located
at the N. P. Depot, directed by Fred
Ferguson. Mailed inquiries should be
addressed to the manager, Eighth U.
S. Civil Service District, 925 Postoffice
St. Paul.
BIBLE SCHOOL PROGRAM AT
GOSPEL TABERNACLE SUNDAY
The public is cordially invited to
come and see the accomplishments of
the children in the Bible school as demonstrated in the following program
to be given Sunday evening, June 14,
at 7:45 p. m:
March Entire School
Hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus'
Name" Congregation
Prayer
Worship Period School
Airplane Drill .... Primary and Beginner Departments
Choi-uses .. Junior and Intermediate
Departments
Bible Verses .... Junior Department
Choruses Primary and Beginner
Departments
Kernels of Spiritual Truth Intermediate Department
Choruses .. Junior and Intermediate
Departments
Bible Quiz ...... Junior Department
Books of the Bible .. Song by Junior
and Intermediate Departments
Memory Verses .. Intermediate Dept.
Awarding of Honors
Inspection of Handwork
Gertrude Ellis, Fred
Weiss Married In l
Brainerd Saturday
On Saturday, June 6, Miss Gertrude
Ellis, daughter of Mrs. Lottie Allen of
Pine River, was united in marriage to
Mr. Fred Weiss, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lambert Weiss, also of Pine River.
The ceremony took place at Zlon
Evangelical Church, Brainerd, at two
oclock Saturday afternoon, with Rev.
L'tzinger officiating. The bride was
given In marriage by her brother,
Ralph Ellis.
A full-skirted, floor-length gown of
white net over light blue satin was
worn by the bride, with a waist-
length, light blue veil and blue and
white accessories. She carried a bouquet of red roses, sweet peas and daisies.
iShe was attended by Miss Leona
Hopke, who wore a floor-length gown
of pink dotted Swiss with white accessories. She carried a bouquet of
talisman roses.
The groom was attended by his
brother, Herman Weiss.
Preceding the ceremony, Miss Gladys Hele, niece of the bride, sang
"Oh, Promise Me," and "I Love You
Truly," accompanied by Mrs. Robert
Hele, sister of the bride, who also play
ed the wedding march.
Immediately following the ceremony
a reception was held at Hele home in
Brainerd.
The bride is a graduate of the Pine
River high school and teachers training department.
The young couple will be at home
on the groom's farm near Pine River,
following a short motor trip.
Both young people are well and
favorably known in this community
and their many friends join in wishing them a long and happy wedded
life.
Clarence Lesher, Lay-leader of tlie
First Methodist churdn has been selected as Lay-delegate to the Northern Minnesota Conference June 10 to
14, at Hamlin University, St. Paul.
I Churches of the Northern Minnesota conference are holding joint sessions. Bishop Paul Kern, Nashville,
Temx, Bishop E. H. Hughes, Washington, D. C, together with Bishops
i'ushnian and Martin of the two Minnesota conferences, will be among oth
er outstanding leaders at this conference. Mr. Lesher will accompany
Kev. and Mrs. Fish to St. Paul.
Local Items
Susan lesher who haa been employer! at the Thrifty Store, left Sunday
for Detroit, Mich., where she is visiting her sister Laura. Mrs. Davis is
now working at the Thrifty store.
Mr. and Mrs. George Durkee drove
to Minneapolis Tuesday, where Mr.
Durkee attended to business matters.
Mrs. Durkee attended a Presbyterian
Synodical meeting and is visiting with
her daughters. She will return to
IPine River this week-end.
Tragic end of England's strange sea
lion hoy. While London police hunted,
for him everywhere, he lived in the
■animal den in the zoo, sharing his
food like one of tlie family, till the
night they turned on him. Read this
poignant, real-life drama in The American Weekly, the magazine distributed with next week's Sunday Chicago Herald-American. (adv.)
Free Clinic For
Crippled Children
At Grand Rapids
Crippled boys and girls of Cass
county will have the opportunity to
receive medical and vocational advice
and help at an orthopedic Clinic to be
held iSaturday, June 20, at the high
school building in Grand Rapids. Registration hours will be from S a. m.,
to 2 p. m.
. The clinic is one of a series of nine
teing held this spring as part of the
regular program of the Minnesota
Burea for Crippled Children to help
handicapped youngsters under 21 years
of age whose parents cannot provide
necessary othopedic treatment for the
child's disability. Mrs. Chas. A. K.
Secklnger is general chairman and
Mrs. G. M. Erskine, co-chairman of
the local advisory committee, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. In charge of arrangements is
Miss Mary Gadacz, district field
nurse for the Bureau for Crippled
children.
Children should register for the
clinic between 8 a. m. and 2 p. m., on
Saturday. If they have attended none
of the previous clinics, they are asked to bring with them a letter from
their family physician.
Patients who have recently reported
to Gillette, University, or Shriner's
hospitals are requested not to come
to this clinic unless especially notified. Those who are over-due for examinations at Gillette State Hospital,
and have been unable to return, may
come to .the clinic for a check-up.
NEWS FROM YOUR COUNTY
AGENT, FRED GIESLER
Very few gardeners have trouble
recognizing a potato beetle but their
method of doing away with them ranges from the pick and drop into a tin
can of kerosene method, to a combination of sprays used in larger fields.
Extension folder No. 86 has good
news for the potato gardener and bad'
news for the potato bug. It is a combination of spray which is poison to
the several different types of insects
that gather in the potato patch. Here
it is:
50 gallons of Bordeaux mixture
1% pounds calcium arsenate or 1%
pounds of arsenate of lead.
Apply with as much pressure as
possible. This will positively slay the
bugs. If there are many leaf hoppers
■and potato aphids add one-half pint of
nicotine sulphate to 50 gallons of potato spray. Never use nicotine sulphate with arsenate of lead.
Give It to them now and continue
spraying at ten-day intervals.
Prolonged rainy weather during the
haying season will undoubtedly again
result in a great many questions regarding grass silage.
Molasses which has by far the most
general use is pretty definitely out
of tlie picture this year and probably
for the duration. Phosphoric acid has
advanced only about 25 percent in
price but the supply is uncertain.
Because of this situation there has
been much interest in other methods
of preservation. Perhaps the one best
suited to Cass county would be the
use of ground corn meal. This can be
used at the rate of 150 to 200 pounds
of corn and cob meal to the ton*
Fifth Registration
To Be Held In
Cass June 30
Arrangements are being made for
the Fifth Registration to be held on
Tuesday, June 30, between the hours
of 7 a. m., and 9 p. m.
The plan wliich was followed in accomplishing the third and fourth registrations will be followed in the
fiftfc, with the exception that registration places will be officially opea
between tlie hours of 7 a. m., and !>
p. m., only.
A 11 st of the registration places and
chief registrars will be ready for publication next week.
TWO DRAFTEES DELINQUENT
The whereabouts of the two following registrants is not known by tihe
draft board: John Arthur Jerome,
Caaa Lake; Glen R. Davis, Republic,
Mo. Anyone having information concerning these two men should relay to
the draft board at once.
CHILDRENS DAY PROGRAM AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
The following Childrens Day program will be given at the morning ser
vice of the .Methodist Church Sunday,
June 14:
Hymn "'Holy, Holy, Holy"
Prayer S. S. 'Supt Mrs. Amy
Welcome Frank Ast
Bible Verses Beginners
"I Love the Bible" Dorothy, June,
Phyllis, Dolores
Bible Salute All
Song "Holy Bible, Book Divine".. .All
Flannel-graph Demonstration "Creation" Ronnie
Creation Rhymes Primary
God's Five Gifts
Song "Father, We Thank Thee for the
Night" ' Group
Announcements and Offering
Pantomine "The Old Rugged Cross"
Dorothy, June, Dolores, Barbara,
Phyllis and Katherine; Solo by
Carol
Poem "The Shrine," Phyllis Lumsden
Song "Come to the iSaviour" .. Intermediate Boys
Pageant "The Red Candle" .. Juniors
Song "Bring Them In" All
Closing Prayer "Lord's Prayer"
A GOOD RETRIEVER
Belle Plalne.—A hunting dog that
is an excellent retriever is the pride
and joy of Ed. Lynch. Recently, 'however, the. .dog has expanded his retrieving activities not only to bringing supplies for the larder but kitchen utensils as well. Last week he presented
his master with an aluminum waterless cooker.
F-L Association To
Elect Officers Friday
The Farmer-Labor Association of
Cass County will meet in Remer Friday evening, June 12, to elect officers
for the coming year.
All voting members in the county
are asked to be present at this meeting
Friday evening (tonight).
uutyau&sufWUk
WAR BONDS
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The 75-millimeter gun is a divisional weapon used by the Artillery
as an anti-tank gun. It has been
replaced to some extent by the more
modern "105", known as the heaviest of divisional weapons. The 75-
mm gun costs $12,000 and has been
converted by our Ordnance into a
"blaster" twice as efficient as in the
first World War.
This gun gets maximum power for
minimum weight and cost, and the
American people are providing the
finance through the purchase of War
Bonds. If you do your share and invest 10 per cent of your income in
War Bonds, adequate supply of this
efficient gun can be assured our
fighting forces. Buy War Bonds every.
pay day. U. S. Treasury Deportment